[Info-vax] What Linux architectures are not susceptible to meltdown or spectre?

Nomen Nescio nobody at dizum.com
Mon Jan 29 18:26:34 EST 2018


In article <p4o4po$cbn$2 at dont-email.me>
DaveFroble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>
> Nomen Nescio wrote:
> > In article <e66713528ffe8ca0a8b2e79e2133037d at dizum.com>
> > Nomen Nescio <nobody at dizum.com> wrote:
> >>>> Subject: Re: What Linux architectures are not susceptible to
> >>>> meltdown or spectre
> >>>   The problem is chip based, not OS based.
> >> Right.  But there are other chips on which Linux runs, such as various
> >> RISC chips.  What currently available computers use one of these other
> >> chips?
> >>
> >>>  So all OSs are susceptible.
> >> Not those running on chips other than Intel, AMD, or ARM.
> >
> > I don't have any issues with my Alphas.
> >
> > But then Alpha processors were designed by smarter engineers
> > than Intel's H1B clowns.
> >
>
> One might be surprised to find out how many of those Intel and AMD chip people
> were also the ones who worked on Alpha.

Really?  Those DEC/Alpha people were working for Intel in 1995?

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